Dundas Land District

Dundas Land District is a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia within the Eucla Land Division. It spans roughly 31°40'S - 32°40'S in latitude and 121°00'E - 122°15'E in longitude.

Dundas Western Australia
Lands administrative divisions around Dundas: Ngalbain Ngalbain Buningonia Leake Dundas Fraser Leake Fitzgerald Dempster

Location and features

The district is located in the western part of the Shire of Dundas between Coolgardie and Esperance.^[1] It contains four gazetted townsites, the largest of which is Norseman, the western terminus of the Eyre Highway.

Townsite	Coordinates	Gazetted	Notes
Buldania	32.068°S 122.020°E / -32.068; 122.020 (Buldania)	1897
Dundas	32.396°S 121.775°E / -32.396; 121.775 (Dundas)	1895
Norseman	32.196°S 121.778°E / -32.196; 121.778 (Norseman)	1895
Princess Royal	32.134°S 121.804°E / -32.134; 121.804 (Princess Royal)	1904

History

The district was approved on 25 September 1897 by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.^[2] As it was approved prior to the Land Act 1898, its boundaries were never gazetted.